prime of middle age.
He died in Marw on the 23rd of Shawwal in the year 279 AH. I say: he was close to seventy years old.
135 – The Astrologer* Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Yaḥyā (1) b. Abī Manṣūr
A chronicler and poet, the boon-companion of the caliph al-Mutawakkil and those who succeeded him. He possessed many skills—rational sciences, occasional eccentricities—and a wide command of the literary arts. He composed several works, among them The Book of the Reports of Isḥāq the Courtier.
He died in 275 AH, leaving a number of cultured sons; scholarship was the hallmark of that household.
136 – Ghulām Khalīl Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Ghālib al-Bāhilī**
The shaykh, scholar, ascetic, and preacher; the Shaykh of Baghdad: Abū ʿAbd Allāh Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Ghālib b. Khālid b. Mirdās al-Bāhilī, originally from Basra, known as Ghulām Khalīl.